Isaiah 60:3

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“Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.”

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“Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”

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“And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 60:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  2. Psalms 2:10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
  3. Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  4. Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
  5. Psalms 68:29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
  6. Psalms 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
  7. Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  8. Psalms 98:2The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
  9. Psalms 102:16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
  10. Psalms 117:1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
  11. Psalms 138:4All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
  12. Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  13. Isaiah 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
  14. Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
  15. Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
  16. Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  17. Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  18. Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
  19. Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  20. Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
  21. Isaiah 60:16You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  22. Isaiah 66:12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  23. Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  24. Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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